Private Letters from an American in England to his Friends in America

TitlePrivate Letters from an American in England to his Friends in America
Year for Search1769
Date Published1769
PublisherPtd. for J. Almon
Place PublishedLondon
Annotation

England depopulated. The seat of government is in America. England's downfall was mostly due to lawyers who were willing to overthrow the law for profit. Decline of religion, trade, etc.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 3: 341-412. Also entitled Anticipation, or The Voyage of an American to England in the Year 1899, in a series of letters, humourously describing the supposed situation of this Kingdom at that Period. London: Ptd. for W. Lane, 1781.

Title Note

Also entitled Anticipation, or The Voyage of an American to England in the Year 1899, in a series of letters, humourously describing the supposed situation of this Kingdom at that Period. London: Ptd. for W. Lane, 1781.

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Full Text

1769 Private Letters from an American in England to his Friends in America. London: Ptd. for J. Almon. Rpt. in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 3: 341-412. Also entitled Anticipation, or The Voyage of an American to England in the Year 1899, in a series of letters, humourously describing the supposed situation of this Kingdom at that Period. London: Ptd. for W. Lane, 1781. L, O

England depopulated. The seat of government is in America. England’s downfall was mostly due to lawyers who were willing to overthrow the law for profit. Decline of religion, trade, etc.